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Le Duc de Chartres

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Nominal Guns24NNF-1774
NationalityRoyaume de France
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1779NNF-1774
Home PortLe Havre - Normandy NNF-1774
ShipyardUnknownNNF-1774
CategoryPrivateerNNF-1774
Ship TypeUnknownNNF-1774
Captured28.3.1781NNF-1774
Becomes
British sloop 'Duc de Chartres' (1781) (18) 1781-1784
British 18 Gun
Unrated Sloop

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck109' 2"Imperial Feet33.2288 
Length of Keel86' 5 ½"Imperial Feet26.2255 
Breadth30' 5 ¼"Imperial Feet9.1504 
Depth in Hold11' 11 ½"Imperial Feet3.3655 
Burthen426 794Tons BM 

Owners


DatesOwnerSource
1779 - 1781/03/28
Benjamin DuboisFrench
Ship Owner
Service 1748-1782
ref:692

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
1780 - 28.3.1781Capitaine de Corsaire
Jean-Baptiste L'EcolierFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1781
NNF-1774

2 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
14.4.1779 - 3.11.1779Lieutenant de Corsaire , Private Owners
Julien HerpinFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1779
ref:743
1780 - 28.3.1781Lieutenant de Corsaire , Private Owners
Jean Pierre BoulotFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1757
ref:743

Service History


DateEventSource
28.3.1780Taken by
Cumberland (74) 1774-1804
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
off North America


 
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